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Balloon-Spoked Asterisk Symbol ❉

The symbol U+2749 can be interpreted as an asterisk, a snowflake, or even a wheel. A thin black line is used to draw the icon. It is made up of eight equal rays, each with a small black ball on the tip.

Dingbat U+2749 will make an excellent text decoration. Because it does not convey a single semantic meaning, it can be used to highlight any element of written or virtual texts in creatives, nicknames, and ornaments.

The symbol "Balloon-Spoked Asterisk" is part of the "Dingbats" Block's "Stars, asterisks, and snowflakes" Subblock and was approved as part of Unicode version 1.1 in 1993.

Balloon-Spoked Asterisk Symbol Information

Symbol Name
Balloon-Spoked Asterisk
Unicode Version
1.1 (June 1993)
Unicode
U+2749
CSS Code
\2749
Hex Code
❉
HTML Code
❉
Latex
\ding{102}
Alt Code
2749
Symbol
❉

Balloon-Spoked Asterisk Symbol Encoding

UTF-8
0xE2 0x9D 0x89
UTF-16
0x2749
UTF-32
0x00002749

Balloon-Spoked AsteriskSymbol's PNG and SVG files

Balloon-Spoked Asterisk symbol png image
Balloon-Spoked Asterisk symbol svg image

Balloon-Spoked Asterisk Symbol in Latex

Balloon-Spoked Asterisk
1\documentclass{article} 2\usepackage{pifont} 3\ding{102} 4\end{document}

How to add balloon-spoked asterisk symbol via keyboard on different Operating systems

You can type the balloon-spoked asterisk symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:

How to type balloon-spoked asterisk symbol on Microsoft Word

You can type the balloon-spoked asterisk in Microsoft Word using steps mentioned below:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol and type 2749
  • Without moving the cursor press keys Alt + x together
  • The original 2749 is now transformed into ❉

How to type balloon-spoked asterisk symbol on Microsoft Windows

You can type the balloon-spoked asterisk on Microsoft windows using following steps:

  • Hold Alt and press 2749 to type balloon-spoked asterisk on your windows machine.

How to type balloon-spoked asterisk symbol on Mac OS

You can type the balloon-spoked asterisk on Mac OS using following steps:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
  • Press Ctrl + ⌘ Command + ⎵ Space to bring up the Character Viewer. Alternatively, choose Edit ⇒ Emoji & Symbols
  • Type "Balloon-Spoked Asterisk" in the search field at the top and press Enter
  • The symbol should appear. Click on it to insert it into your text
Mac OS Character Viewer
Mac OS Character Viewer

How to type balloon-spoked asterisk symbol on Linux

You can type the balloon-spoked asterisk on Linux using following steps:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
  • Hold ⇧ Shift + Ctrl and press the letter + U
  • Press keys 2749 consecutively
  • And then press ↵ Enter , the desired symbol will be added to your document

How to type balloon-spoked asterisk symbol on IOS and Android

The easiest way to type the balloon-spoked asterisk symbol on ios and android is to copy and paste it wherever you need it.

How to use balloon-spoked asterisk in CSS

//CSS Example
1span { 2 content: \2749; 3 }

How to use balloon-spoked asterisk in HTML

//HTML Example
1<span>&#10057;</span>

Balloon-Spoked Asterisk symbol representation in programming languages

Balloon-Spoked Asterisksymbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in table below:

LanguageRepresentation
Rust
\u{2749}
Ruby
\u{2749}
Python
\u2749
PHP
\u{2749}
Perl
\x{2749}
Java
\u2749
Modern JavaScript - Since ES6
\u{2749}
JavaScript
\u2749
Go
\u2749
C#
\u2749
C and C++
\u2749
Bash and Zsh - inside echo -e
\u2749
RFC 5137
\u'2749'